www.jainworld.com
(in English), has been the most comprehensive and popular web-site on
Jainism. This has been the result of tireless efforts and dedication by 500+
people from all walks of life and diverse belief systems representing
different nationalities across the globe. In fact, for non-Jains,
Jain World.com is the de-facto entry point to the exciting
world of Jainism.

Jain World is a registered Foundation (Non-profit, Tax
exempt, Trust. IRS # 501(c) (3) 48-1266905 ) in USA (& other countries).
All donations in USA are tax exempt. (Draw the checks in
favor of ‘Jain world ‘.)

Mission Statement

Together, we will revolutionize the way Jainism is perceived globally.

a. ‘Jain World’ is not just about creating websites.
It is much more. It is a movement. A dynamic, bold, new approach to
present excitingworld of

Jainism
to the entire world.

b. To create a new
awareness about the unique principals of Jainism. Make core values of
Jainism accessible to all, all the time, in all the languages (Just like it
was made available in Samavasharan (assembly) of Thirthankars .

c. To spread the message of ' Jina' and make 'Jina Vani'
(essence of Jainism) available to all the living beings.

Objectives

Combining JAIN aspirations..Globally !

Educate world masses about the fact that, Jainism is the
oldest living religion, very scientific, most environment friendly, ecology
protecting and independent religion with built-in respect and equality for all
living being (human, animals, creatures, birds, insects, etc) and provision for
highest level of enlightenment for all.

Make the world understand how Jainism is relevant to today's
age. The permanent solutions it offers to today's gigantic problems facing the
man kind.

To create a global
identity for Jainism as independent, unique religion and it’s great value
system.

Take steps to prevent Jainism being swallowed by other strong
currents and motivate Jains to stand-up and protect their independent identity
and increase awareness that very survival of Jainism is at stake.

Extend the coverage of Jainworld.com to more than 95% of the
global population to introduce

exciting
world of Jainism
to them by bringing multiple language editions. Current Mission*24L*plan envisage 24 languages (representing
24 Tirthankars).

Create a complete knowledge-base
and global resource center (in several languages) of authentic and original Jain
scripture and various commentaries on them to serve need of everyone, from a
casual visitor to a very serious research fellow.

Special emphasis is to show how Jainism can help us in
day-to-day life now and keep us ahead in the days to come.

Achievements. (As on 1 January 2006)

Massive 115 GB
site with 115000 web pages, 9500 images, 700 hours
of Audio and Video, 22 languages, 206 complete books
in several languages, 76000+ hits per day, visits
from 145 countries, 605 Man Years of work, just to
name a few.

Encouraging non Jain students from High Schools and Colleges
across USA and other parts of the world to take projects on Jainism as part of
their academic work. So far, more than 600 students received guidance and help
from Jain World panel members to prepare and present such projects.

Several faculty members received similar guidance and help
from Jain World panel members in helping them get a deeper understanding of
Jainism, and give them teaching material on Jainism.

Encouraging non Jains across USA and other parts of the world
to learn Jainism. More than 700 people received guidance and help from Jain
World panel members to get a deeper understanding of Jainism, learning
material on Jainism, and help in following these principles in their daily life.

Several Jains across the globe (including India) are using
Jain World to learn Jainism and to teach their children or the ‘Pathshala’
students.

Two universities in Europe introduced ‘Samaysar’ in their
Indian language learning as the Prakrit part was available also in audio form on
Jain World.

Helped some non-Jains to stay with Jain families to
understand how Jains follow non-violence in day to day life. (For example, a
business man from China stayed with Jain families in Delhi, Jaipur with the help
of Jain World.)

Several non-Jains are requesting for free material on
Jainism. Jain World is making arrangement to provide such material free of cost
to all of them. (This includes several requests from prominent non-Jains in
India).

Jain Recipes on Jain World, remains a valuable source for all
Hotels world wide for Jain food. (For example, when the biggest hotel in the
world ‘Casurina Parkroyal Ipoh ,Malaysia’ wanted
to serve Jain food to their guest they came to Jain World).

Helped BBC in putting
Jainism on their web side.

And the list goes on...

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